Secondary Story Headline BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gary Phillips 18 President: 14800 N SR 167 N Albany, IN 47320 (260) 251-4670 behere@netdirect.net Steve King 18 1155 S. Paoli Unionville Rd Paoli, IN 47454 (812) 797-0059 kingstephen228@gmail.com Bill Conyers 19 Vice Pres 50964 Lilac Rd, South Bend, IN (574) 277-8729 billconyerssr@yahoo.com Bill Newman 19 4655 Williams Rd Martinsville, IN 46151 (317) 690-2455 ruralsmiths1@yahoo.com James Johnston 21 Education Chairman: 806 Twyckingham Lane Kokomo, IN 46901-1885 (765) 452-8165 kokomoblacksmith@comcast.net John Bennett 21 Secretary: 741 W Jessup Rd Rosedale, IN 47874 (812) 877-7274 JohnBennett1959@gamail.com Jeff Reinhardt 20 2810 W. Riley Floyd s Knobs, IN (812) 949-7163 ptreeforge@aol.com Dave Kunkler 20 20749 Lancaster Rd. Branchville, IN 47514 (270) 945-6222 dwkunkler@yahoo.com Librarian: Larry Rosentrader 8715 E. 375 N Churubusco, IN 46723-9501 260-693-3267 lrosentrader@gmail.com Editor: Bill Kendrick 1280 N 900 W Seymour, IN 47274 (812) 445-3009 bill.d.kendrick@cummins.com Treasurer and membership secretary: Farrel Wells 8235 E 499 S Dunkirk, IN 47336-8807 (765) 768-6235 flwells@frontier.com Awards Chairman: Charlie Helton 2703 South Water Plant Road Westport, IN 47283 (812) 591-3119 heltoncs@frontier.com THE FORGE FIRE The Newsletter of the Indiana Blacksmithing Association, Inc. An Affiliate Of The Artists-Blacksmiths' Association of North America, Inc. IBA is a Not For Profit Indiana Corporation recognized by the IRS under section 501(c)(3) 9:30 AM is the regular meeting time for IBA Hammer-Ins with beginner training available at 9:00 AM. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO ASK FOR HELP! The Indiana Blacksmithing Association, Inc., its staff, officers, directors, members, and hosts and the Forge Fire, specifically disclaim any responsibility or liability for damages or injuries as a result of any construction, design, use, manufacture or other activity undertaken as a result of the use, or application of, information contained in any articles in the Forge Fire. The Indiana Blacksmithing Association, Inc. And the Forge Fire assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy, fitness, proper design, safety, or safe use of any information contained in the Forge Fire. More nearby resources and organizations for blacksmiths: Rural Smiths of Mid-America: Meetings are on the first Saturday of each month Call Ron Gill 317-374-8323 for details Nov 18 2017 IBA MEETING SCHEDULE COVERED BRIDGE BLACKSMITH GUILD Dec 9 2017 TBD Jan 20 2018 TBD Feb 17 2018 November 2017 If you would like an IBA membership application form, please contact Farrel Wells, Membership Secretary (765) 768-6235. BULK LOTS ARE AVAILABLE TO DEMONSTRATORS, SHOPS, SHOWS AND OTHERS WILLING TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. The Forge Fire is the newsletter of the Indiana Blacksmithing Association Inc. (IBA) IBA is an affiliate of the Artist-Blacksmiths Association of North America Inc. Permission is granted to other similar non-profit organizations to reproduce uncopyrighted articles originally appearing in The Forge Fire provided credit is given the original source. Check the latest Forge Fire for monthly IBA revisions. KEN DETTMER S SHOP COLUMBUS
Page 2 Editors Message This month s hammer-in will be hosted by the Covered Bridge Blacksmith Guild at the Parke County fairgrounds in Rockville, IN. There will be a pitch in lunch. INDEX PGS 3-4 SATELLITE NEWS Gary Phillips is working to get confirmation on the December and January hammer-ins. The December hammer-in will be held on the 2nd Saturday in December. Keep an eye on the IBA website or Facebook page for updates. Here is the poster for next year s ABANA conference. Conference details can be found at: https://abana.org/conference/2018-richmond-va/ PG 5 DVD S AVAILABLE AT ASTRAGAL PRESS PG 6 FLYPRESS BENDING JIG PG 7 FORGING ACORNS PGS 8-11 FORGING OAK LEAVES Dates to Remember March 17, 2018 Annual Business Meeting at Kelley Farms June 1-3, 2018 IBA Conference IBA website: www.indianablacksmithing.org IBA Facebook page: www.facebook.com/groups/indianablacksmithingassociation/
Page 3 IBA Satellite Groups and News 1) Sutton-Terock Memorial Blacksmith Shop Meet: 2nd Saturday at 9 AM Contacts: Fred Oden (574) 223-3508 Dennis Todd (574) 542-4886 3) Wabash Valley Blacksmith Shop Meet: 2nd Saturday at 9 AM Contacts: Doug Moreland (217) 284-3457 Max Hoopengarner (812) 249-8303 5) Maumee Valley Blacksmiths Meet: 2nd Saturday Contacts: Clint Casey (260) 627-6270 Mark Thomas (260) 758 2332 7) Rocky Forge Blacksmith Guild Meet: 2nd Saturday at 9 AM Contacts: Ted Stout (765) 572-2467 9) Whitewater Valley Blacksmiths Meet: 2nd Saturday Contact: Keith Hicks (765) 914-6584 11) Bunkum Valley Metalsmiths Meet: 1st Saturday Contacts: Jim Malone (812) 725-3311 Terry Byers (812) 275-7150 Carol Baker (317) 809-0314 13) Satellite 13 Meet: 4th Saturday Contact: Bill Newman (317) 690-2455 2) Jennings County Historical Society Blacksmith Shop Meet: 2nd Saturday at 9 AM Contact: Ray Sease (812) 522-7722 4) Fall Creek Blacksmith Shop Meet: 4th Saturday at 9 AM Contacts: Gary Phillips (260) 251-4670 Dave Kline (765) 620-9351 6) St. Joe Valley Forgers Meet: 4th Saturday at 9 AM Contacts: Bill Conyers (574) 277-8729 John Latowski (574) 344-1730 8) Meteorite Mashers Contacts: Mike Mills (812) 633-4273 Steve King (812) 797-0059 Jeff Reinhardt 812-949-7163 10) One-Armed Blacksmith Shop Meet: 1st Saturday Contact: Tim Metz (812) 447-2606 12) Doc Ramseyer Blacksmith Shop Location: 6032W 550N, Sharpsville, IN 46060 Meet: 3rd Sunday at 2 PM Contact: Charles Gruell (765) 513-5390 14) Covered Bridge Blacksmith Guild Meet: 1st Saturday Contact: John Bennett (812) 877-7274 Meteorite Mashers 14 This month's meeting was held in conjunction with the Beck's Mill Oktoberfest. A fundraiser for the non profit group that runs the runs the mill, we had 3 forges going and many beginners. Had 3 teens and several pre -teens getting in forge time, with Micheal Mills doing his usual great job with the young beginners inside the blacksmith shop, and Butch Sparks working with a couple in the parking lot where Jeff Reinhardt's new demo trailer was set up and running. A great time was had by all with a very nice turnout for a pretty cold day. The next meeting of the Meteorite Mashers will be at Jeff Reinhardt's shop in Floyds Knobs and is the now somewhat infamous "Smoked turkey Hammer-in". Jeff hickory smokes several turkeys for the entree. The shop has heat, the fun will be great and the food better as everyone steps up the food game.
Page 4 IBA Satellite Groups and News (continued) Bunkum Valley Metalsmiths The Bunkum Valley Metal smiths met this month on a beautiful sunny Saturday. We had a large attendance with several new people who want to learn blacksmithing. One young man has waited several months to be able to have a day off work so he could come. We also had a spouse attend who does spinning as you will see in the pictures. We had lots of good food, good discussion, good smithing and a great time with all the new attendees. Feel free to join us the first Saturday of month, come ready to smith and bring a dish to share! Jennings County Historical Society Blacksmith Shop The Jennings County Historical Society Blacksmiths started with Ray Sease drawing out a rail road spike to check out the power hammer. Charlie Helton started making a pair of Steve King extraordinaire hammer tongs. Brad Wever was making basket handles. Nathan Pelvor made forged welded hinges. Bill Newman made a sword blank. Charlie and Brad worked on tongs and a handle and latch. Several others tried their skill at various tasks. We had a great turn out and many good items in the iron-in-the-hat. Next month will be the last meeting at Vernon this year. Dec. meeting will be at John Cummins, Jan. Paul Bray's March Kenny Dettmer's and April Kevin Welsh's. I hope this helps you in planning your schedules. Paul Bray
Page 5 Reprinted from the Nov/Dec 2017 edition of The Hammer & Tong, the newsletter of the Blacksmith Guild of Central Maryland The Blacksmith Primer DVDs Albin Drzewianowski Recently I learned from Randy McDaniel s Facebook page that the rights to his 3 DVD/6-hour version of his book The Blacksmith Primer has been purchased by his publisher, Astragal Press and is now available at a reduced price. You can get the 3 DVD set for $99 or the book and 3 DVDs for $115. This is a huge saving over the original price for the DVDs. www.astragalpress.com Some More DVDs Roy Underhill Strikes Again Albin Drzewianowski Recently I got the 2017 Fall Catalog from Astragal Press. On page 23 they offer a DVD: Roy Visits Colonial Williamsburg: The Blacksmiths. This DVD has 10 different episodes from the many years of The Woodwright Shop featuring Roy Underhill visiting the blacksmith shop and learning about traditional tools, hardware, and techniques. The price is $24.99, so that makes it $2.50 per episode. Roy is starting his 37th season of the program, so some of these videos go way back. I watched some of last year s episodes and they are still using the same opening and closing scenes as back in 1980. I have many of the early episodes squirreled away somewhere from when I taped them off the TV onto VCR tapes. (Of course, I no longer have a VCR player, so even if I could find the tapes and if they were in readable condition I would not be able to watch them.) I have not yet purchased this DVD, but am seriously thinking about it. If I do, you will get a more in depth review at that time. If you should buy the DVD, you could write the review. By the way, the catalog has a lot of books that would be of interest to the blacksmith, both forging related and history of tools, history of technology, etc. www.astragalpress.com
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Page 8 This four page article was reprinted with permission from the author. The article was reprinted from the Spring 2017 edition of The Iron Trillium, a publication of the Ontario Artist Blacksmith Association.
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The FORGE FIRE Newsletter of the Indiana Blacksmithing Association, Inc. Farrel Wells Membership Secretary 8235 E 499 S Dunkirk, IN 47336-8807 Address Correction Requested If Undeliverable return to sender First Class Mail November 18 Hammer In Covered Bridge Blacksmith Guild At the Parke County Fairgrounds. Just north of Rockville Indiana on US41. The address is 600 North US41 Rockville Indiana. The meeting will start at 9 am. Pitch in lunch and iron in the hat